As I Lay Dying are an American MetalCore band that formed in 2000. They are named after [[Literature/AsILayDying the book of the same name]]. They have released 6 albums, Awakened being their latest release. On their first two albums, they had a more standard sound, though they would add elements of MelodicDeathMetal beginning with the widely acclaimed ''Shadows are Security'' and ThrashMetal in their music starting with "An Ocean Between Us", which has been so far been regarded by fans as [[MagnumOpus their best work to date]].

Frontman Tim Lambesis also runs the Comedy[=/=]Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger tribute band Austrian Death Machine, which plays ThrashMetal[=/=]Crossover with the same metalcore influences as well as the DeathMetal band Pyrithion

On May 7, 2013, frontman Tim Lambesis was arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill his wife. He initially plead not guilty, but eventually switched his plea to guilty and was sentenced to six years in prison on May 16, 2014. The band is currently on hiatus, with Lambesis and Mancino being the only members who are technically still a part of it. It remains to be seen whether As I Lay Dying will ever be active again in some form after Lambesis' prison sentence is served; given that the remaining members went on to form Wovenwar with Shane Blay of Oh, Sleeper and have been met with a decent amount of success (and also given their visible disgust with Lambesis's actions and indications that the behavior displayed there was not new), a reunion seems very unlikely.

!!!Discography* ''Beneath the Encasing of Ashes'' (2001)* ''Frail Words Collapse'' (2003)* ''Shadows are Security'' (2005)* ''[[NewSoundAlbum An Ocean Between us]]'' (2007)* ''The Powerless Rise'' (2010)* ''Awakened'' (2012)----!!Tropes associated with this Band:* ChristianMetal / NotChristianRock: Despite the lack of overtly religious lyrics, they had embraced the "Christian band" label for most of their career, as all five members were Christian. However, many fans noticed that the lyrics to some tracks from ''Awakened'' expressed heavy skepticism and criticism of Christianity and religion and general. After the events that led to his arrest and guilty plea, Tim elaborated that a severe crisis of faith had caused him to briefly identify as an atheist, and that he had since returned to the faith.* CoverVersion: "War Ensemble" by Music/{{Slayer}}, "Electric Eye" by Music/JudasPriest, and Coffee Mug by Descendants* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to other bands of the same genre.* DrugsAreBad: It turns out Lambesis was using steroids as an aid for his body building...needless to say, [[http://www.ryansrockshow.com/php2/news/13773-tim-lambesis-bail-lowered-admits-to-steroid-use.html it didn't turn out well]]* LaResistance: The music video for The Sound of Truth.* LeadBassist: Josh is a type B and arguable type C as he is the most well known bassist in AILD's history.* LyricalDissonance: The music itself is quite hard, even for {{Metalcore}} standards, but the lyrics are more on the depressing, sad side rather than on the aggressive one.* MetalScream: This is Lambesis's specialty.* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: About a 9 most of the time,though they can hit a solid 10.* NewSoundAlbum: Arguable. The band stills play the same genre, but the thrash influences were heard in An Ocean Between Us.* TookALevelInBadass: [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/25069897/Tim+Lambesis+TimLambesis1.jpg Lambesis]] in 2010 compared to him in [[http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/579555_204455583009292_152128986_n.jpghttp://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/579555_204455583009292_152128986_n.jpg 2012]]. Yes, that's him.* ThePowerOfRock: The music video for the cover of Electric Eye* TheSociopath: After his arrest, Hipa publicly called Lambesis a psychopath and said that the behavior on display was not new, and that while they never expected him to go ''quite'' that far, it wasn't inconceivable.* SopranoAndGravel: Tim Lambesis does the harsh vocals while Josh Gilbert does the clean singing.* ThrashMetal: They have elements of in in their recent work.** Averted slightly with their latest record.----